Delta records seven deaths in 138 cases of Cholera

Delta State has recorded seven deaths since the outbreak of cholera across the state, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, has said.
 
Onojaeme said that the state also recorded a total of 138 cases of cholera since February when the epidemic broke out, with the majority of the cases involving young children.
 

According to the commissioner, cholera is a disease of national outbreak.

He noted that, so far, three outbreaks had occurred in the country this year, and that “the signs and symptoms are basically passage of watery low stool, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, among others.

Onojaeme said: “The state has recorded 138 cases in Warri South-West, which is the local council it started, and in the second and third outbreak we had seven cases in Bomadi and one in Oshimili South.

“We have been able to curtail the disease in Delta State. The disease surveillance and notification officers across the state have been able to carry out a lot of advocacies to our people to educate them about the cause of the disease.”